covid-19 response

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If you did not listen in to the inaugural meetings, here are the recordings Including USA and South African Foundations:

• Coronavirus and your wellbeing, from Mind UK
• Check Generations for Peace’s facebook page to get tips from their staff on working from home
• Resources and recommendations from Center for Disease Control and Prevention (also in Spanish)
• Personal wellbeing: The NHS website has simple 5 step plan for managing mental wellbeing (alongside being the first port of call for all Covid-19 health updates of course)
• Workforce wellbeing: Mental Health At Work’s toolkit for workforce wellbeing
• Wellbeing for those in elevated risk groups: Age UK’s guidance has clear and practical advice for older people as well as other people in elevated risk groups
• Supporting colleagues in staying mentally healthy in unusual working conditions from the City Mental Health Alliance, including a one-pager

We would like to encourage any sport or sport for development organisation who wish to support the response against Covid 19 to connect with an experienced humanitarian agency or the relevant ministry or department in your country. Without the required humanitarian skillset and experience, engaging in humanitarian action can do more harm than good. We include links to some of the leading international humanitarian organisations:

• Oxfam International 
• Water Aid
• International Rescue Committee
• Medecins sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders

In the complex set of international standards on humanitarian action, the response refer to mainly two sections: Global standards on Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion, and Health.

Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies collate resources to support organisations and education centers, with particular focus on distance learning, alternative education, psychosocial support, and more.

Covid 19 Non-Profit Tool Kit from 20 degrees.

CAF Corona virus emergency fund is to help smaller charitable organisations in the UK affected by the impact of Covid-19. Grants of up to £10,000 are available.

Crowfunder and Sport England have teamed up to make £1 million of match funding available to help the sport and physical activity sector through the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s ‘Loneliness Covid-19 Fund’ is now open to tackle loneliness during the pandemic. 

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